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it is surprising to see how well it has adapted itself to growing
on asbestos. There is the possibility that other uncommon mosses
may be found in similar situations.
At Grays chalk pits quite a large patch of Bryum intermedium
was found. This is a synoicous moss which, although stated to be
common by Dixon (1896) in his standard work on mosses, is
extremely uncommon in Essex and in many other south eastern
counties. It is unfortunate that the chalk pit in which it was
found is likely to be filled in with the overburden from other pits
being dug close by. The liverwort Lophozia badensis is also
present there, the cylindrical perianth of this species distinguishes
it from its close relative L. turbinata. It has not been recorded
elsewhere in Essex.
References
Census Catalogue of British Mosses. 1926 and 1963.
Dixon, H. N (1896). Students Handbook of British Mosses.
Saunders, E. (1961). Essex Nat., 30: 337.
Saunders, E. (1962). Essex Nat, 31 : 70.
Trans. British Bryological Soc. (1958). 3 (3).
Notes
Reports on Bird Meetings
Mill Green, Ingatestone, April 19, 1963. Eleven members
attended this meeting. It was fine in the morning, but the
weather deteriorated in the afternoon when there was rain. Sum-
mer migrants had arrived and in all, some twenty-two species
were seen or heard. Birds noted were as follows: Swallow,
Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Yellow Hammer, Blackbird, Song
Thrush, Wren (one only), Robin, Cuckoo, Chaffinch, Jay, Magpie,
Starling, Rook, Wood Pigeon, Greater-spotted Woodpecker, Blue
Tit, Great Tit, Mistle Thrush, Pheasant, House Sparrow,
Dunnock. In normal years one could have expected to see or
hear numerous Wrens.
Epping Forest survey area, May 3, 1963. Eight members
attended this meeting. The morning was dull, but in the after-
noon it became fine and sunny. The following were recorded:
Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Starling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Wood
Pigeon, Greater-spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Dunnock, House
Sparrow, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Wren
(four), Tree Creeper. In this area the Wren seems not to have
been so severely affected by the hard winter of 1962-63.
Hartswood, May 16, 1964. Six members attended this meeting.
The following were noted: Blackbird, Song Thrush, Blue Tit,
Great Tit, Tree Creeper, Turtle Dove, Lesser Whitethroat, Com-
mon Whitethroat, Chaffinch, Wren (two), Tree Pipit, Redstart,